Genital Herpes Symptoms and Treatment Options

Learn what herpes looks like, what it feels like, and the treatment options available. Herpes is a life long disease so knowing how to properly manage your herpes can make the difference in your overall quality of life.

Prevention is very difficult from the moment that the virus can spread even over infected people who have no symptoms. However, avoiding direct contact with an open lesion lowers the risk of infection considerably. People with genital herpes should avoid sexual contact when they have active lesions. People with known genital herpes but without clinical symptoms should inform their partner that they have the disease. This will allow both to use protective barriers (condoms) to prevent infection.

The condom is the best protection against genital herpes when sexually active. The consistent and correct use of condoms helps prevent transmission. Condoms are controlled to ensure that this virus cannot pass through the material of which they are made.

Pregnant women infected with herpes simplex should be made weekly testing of the cervix and external genitalia to prevent possible further outbreaks. If testing is positive, active lesions are present and, therefore, the danger is high, it is recommended a cesarean section to avoid infecting the newborn.

Common Herpes symptoms are:

* Initially, warmth, itching, and pink.
* Painful fluid-filled blisters in the genital or rectal area.
* Small blisters that merge to form one large blister.
* Yellow crusts that form in the blisters at the beginning of the healing phase.
* Mild fever.
* Lumps in the groin (inguinal lymphadenopathy).
* Difficult and painful urination (dysuria).
* Micturition hesitant.
* Increased frequency and urgency of urination.
* Painful intercourse
* Urinary incontinence.
* Genital sores.

The absence of symptoms does not imply absence of the illness.

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